¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 July 14 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Declan Deval Explanation: Have you ever seen a comet? Tonight -- and likely the next few nights -- should be a [4]good chance. Go outside just at sunset and look to your northwest. The lower your horizon, the better. [5]Binoculars may help, but if your sky is cloudless and dark, all you should need is your unaided eyes and patience. As the Sun sets, the sky will darken, and there will be an unusual faint streak [6]pointing diagonally near the horizon. That is [7]Comet NEOWISE. It is a 5-kilometer-wide [8]evaporating dirty iceberg visiting from -- and returning to -- the outer [9]Solar System. As the [10]Earth turns, the comet will soon set, so you might want to take a picture. In the [11]featured image, Comet [12]C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was captured two mornings ago rising over [13]Stonehenge in the [14]UK. Discovered with the NASA satellite [15]NEOWISE toward the end of March, Comet NEOWISE has [16]surprised many by surviving its closest approach to the Sun, brightening dramatically, and developing impressive (blue) ion and (white) dust tails. Notable Images of Comet NEOWISE Submitted to APOD: || [17]July 13 || [18]July 12 || [19]July 11 || [20]July 10 & earlier || Tomorrow's picture: NEOWISE Night __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2007/NeowiseStonehenge_Deval_5572.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/decsphotos/ 4. https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200710.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200713.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200712.html 9. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/in-depth/ 10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ 11. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgo-UcDDez/ 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE) 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom 15. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/comet-neowise-sizzles-as-it-slides-by-the-sun-providing-a-treat-for-observers 16. https://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-young-crazy-surprised-cat-make-big-eyes-closeup-american-shorthair-surprised-cat-or-kitten-funny-794782192.jpg 17. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2765647693539432 18. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2762832093820992 19. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2759891040781764 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2741239435980258 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200713.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200714 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200715.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/